Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20,366, William Feagans, Va.

SERVICE
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* Deagans, William
R. 20.366.
CONTENTS

Rejected
Ex'r. OLD WAR
File No. 20366
Acts of July 14, 1869, and March 3, 1873.
William Seagans Jr. Pri.
Capt. Blackwell Va Line
Died at
REJECTED
other claim.
, 187
Clerk.
Application filed:
, 18
Attorney:
P. O.
Evidence insufficient Act 1828

State of Georgia.
Declaration made by William Seagans Sen. a private. For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution; approved on the 15 th of May 1828..
I William Seagans Sen. of the revolution, in the County of Morgan, in the state of Georgia, do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the revolution, for and during the war, and continued in service until its termination, and at which period I was a private, in Captain Joseph Blackwell's Company, in the third regiment of the Virginia Line.
And I also declare that I never afterwards, got nor received a certificate for the reward of Eighty Dollars to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, before the 15 th of May 1778. Nor knowing I was entitled, nor my bounty of Land, either. And I further declare that I was not on the 15 th of March 1828. on the Pension List of the United States, and also I further declare I served faithfully during the war at the close I received an honorable discharge from Joseph Blackwell Captain of the third regiment Virginia Line.
And in 1783. I had the misfortune to have my house and all my papers and discharge burned in my house, as aforesaid. Sworn to & subscribed before me this 21 st day of October 1828.
John Reese J.P.
William Seagans Sen.
Georgia, { Before me John Reese a Justice of the Peace in Morgan County and for said County duly qualified to administer an oath in and for the County of Morgan & State of Georgia, Personally appeared this day Barton Hamilton & John McCoy Esq. of said County, who did severally make Oath that William Seagans Sen. by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reported and believed to have been a private in the army of the revolution in manner, as therein stated. Sworn & subscribed before me this 21 st October 1828.
Barton Hamilton
John Reese J.P.
John McCoy

I William Bandy Clerk of the Superior Court in the County of Morgan In the State of Georgia, do hereby certify that John Price before whom the foregoing affidavit were Sworn was, at the time an acting Justice of the Peace, and Duly empowered to administer Oaths In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court. This Twenty Six day of November Eighteen Hundred and Twenty Eight William Bandy

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 18 Feb 1829.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of William Feagans Sen. under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution.
Richard Rush.
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
Mr. Record
Secy
War Dept
Bounty land office
The records of this office do not show that William Feagans Sen. of the Virg. line ever received or is entitled to bounty land of the United States
Robert Taylor 20 Feb 1829
Ex. 1st Ser. 1st Ser. Ref- rold Books.
Evidence insufficient act 1825.

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
24 January 1829.
William Feagans Sen of Morgan in the State of Georgia has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Blackwell 's company, in the third regiment of the Virginia line; and that he did not received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, J. H. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
26 January 1829
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to William Feagans Sen. in the
It further appears that William Feagans Sen. is now on the pension list of the any agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of not dollars per month.
The name of William Feagans Sen. cannot be found among those of the Virginia line to whom Certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued - P. H. Wagner

General Land Office
February 13. 1829.
The name of William Teagans, Senior, does not appear on the list of Warrants issued by the Register of the Land Office at Richmond, Virginia, so far as they have been received.
G. W. Graham Commissioner